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What it costs to fuel a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado in South Dakota

Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD 4M · 17 mpgPrices updated weekly from EIA data

Short answer

$224a month

Driving 1,000 miles a month at $3.81 a gallon for regular. That's 22.4¢ a mile and $2,689 a year.

Estimate: Midwest regional average, adjusted for South Dakota's fuel tax (5.9¢/gal lower than the region's average).

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1,000 mi
1003,000
Blank uses the South Dakota average
Gas · 17 mpgEstimated fuel cost
$224/ month
17 mpg (EPA combined) × $3.81/gal regularEstimate: Midwest regional average, adjusted for South Dakota's fuel tax (5.9¢/gal lower than the region's average)
Per year
$2,689
Per mile
22.4¢
Over 5 years
$13,444
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Every 2026 Silverado version in South Dakota

VersionDriveEPA ratingPer month
Silverado 2WDRWD25 mpgdiesel$245
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD24 mpgdiesel$255
Silverado 4WD4WD23 mpgdiesel$267
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD (Sport/off road)4WD23 mpgdiesel$267
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD23 mpgdiesel$267
Silverado 4WD ZR2 (Sport/Off Road)4WD21 mpgdiesel$292
Silverado 2WDRWD20 mpg$190
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 2WDRWD19 mpg$200
Silverado 4WD 4M4WD19 mpg$200
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 2WDRWD18 mpg$212
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD M64WD18 mpg$212
Silverado 2WDRWD17 mpg$224
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD 4M(used in headline figures)4WD17 mpg$224
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD17 mpg$224
Silverado 4WD (Flex Fuel)4WD17 mpg$224
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD FFV4WD17 mpg$224
Silverado 4WD4WD17 mpgpremium$290
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD17 mpg$224
Silverado 4WD4WD17 mpg$224
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires (Sport Mode) 4WD4WD16 mpg$238
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD16 mpg$238
Silverado Cab Chassis 2WDRWD16 mpg$238
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD15 mpgpremium$328
Silverado 4WD ZR24WD15 mpgpremium$328
Silverado Cab Chassis 4WD4WD15 mpg$254

Silverado vs. Chevrolet Silverado EV in South Dakota

Chevrolet Silverado17 mpg
$224/mo
Chevrolet Silverado EV49.5 kWh/100 mi
$71/mo

The Silverado EV costs about $1,837 a year less to run here.Counting South Dakota's $100 EV fee, the saving is about $1,737.

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South Dakota's gas tax: 30¢ a gallon, plus 18.4¢ federal

Of the estimated $3.81 a gallon for regular in South Dakota, 48.4¢ is tax: 13% of the price.

At 1,000 miles a month, the Silverado (17 mpg) pays about $28 a month in fuel tax, $342 a year. South Dakota's state gas tax is near the middle of the 50 states and DC.

Electric cars pay no gas tax, so South Dakota charges them an extra registration fee instead: $100 a year.

Fuel taxes: EIA, July 2026 (revised); county and city taxes not included. Pump price is an estimate: Midwest regional average, adjusted for South Dakota's fuel tax (5.9¢/gal lower than the region's average). EV fee: South Dakota state government. Fees checked October 2026.

Midwest gas prices are down 28¢ in a month

EIA doesn't survey South Dakota on its own, so the price on this page moves with the Midwest average: $3.87 a gallon for regular in the week of November 9, 2026, 28¢ less than four weeks earlier and 96¢ more than a year ago. Over the past year it ranged from $2.59 (week of January 5, 2026) to $4.41 (week of May 11, 2026). At 1,000 miles a month, the Silverado costs about $16 a month less to fuel than four weeks ago.

Weekly price of regular, Midwest average (dollars per gallon)
$2.50$3.00$3.50$4.00$4.50Jan 2026AprJulOct$3.87
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EIA weekly retail gasoline and diesel prices.

South Dakota is about average to fuel a Silverado

22nd cheapest of the 50 states and DC, at 1,000 miles a month. See every state

Cheapest states
  1. 1Texas$200
  2. 2New Mexico$202
  3. 3Louisiana$203
  4. 4Mississippi$205
  5. 5Arkansas$206
Around South Dakota
  1. 20Iowa$224
  2. 21Missouri$224
  3. 22South Dakota$224
  4. 23Nebraska$226
  5. 24Wisconsin$226

Questions people ask

How much does it cost to fuel a Chevrolet Silverado in South Dakota?

About $224 a month for 1,000 miles, or $2,689 a year, for the 2026 Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD 4M (17 mpg) at $3.81 a gallon for regular. That works out to 22.4¢ a mile.

Which Silverado version is cheapest to fuel?

The Silverado 2WD (20 mpg), at about $190 a month in South Dakota. The 2026 Silverado comes in 25 EPA-rated versions.

Where does the South Dakota gas price come from?

Estimate: Midwest regional average, adjusted for South Dakota's fuel tax (5.9¢/gal lower than the region's average). It updates every week when EIA publishes its survey.

How much of the gas price in South Dakota is tax?

48.4¢ a gallon: 30¢ South Dakota state tax and 18.4¢ federal tax. That is 13% of the estimated $3.81 a gallon for regular.

Are gas prices going up in South Dakota?

EIA doesn't survey South Dakota on its own, so the price on this page moves with the Midwest average: $3.87 a gallon for regular in the week of November 9, 2026, 28¢ less than four weeks earlier and 96¢ more than a year ago. Source: EIA's weekly retail price survey.

Efficiency: U.S. EPA ratings for the 2026 model year. Gas prices: EIA weekly survey, week of November 9, 2026. Electricity: EIA average home rates, September 2025 to August 2026. Fuel taxes: EIA, July 2026 (revised). How we calculate